300 years….right you know nothing if you think they have been hiding, infact quite the opposite, they are the people in power all over the world, and control most things, just think, why are we in ressession atm, well because we need to be in order to stablise the planets economy, the illuminate are not evil and have no need to hide, they keep the planet in order very well as they have done for such a long time, these video’s comparing them to people like the sith is dam right wrong .